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cade.

abandoned by its mother and reared by hand

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/keɪd/
  1. abandoned by its mother and reared by hand

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English cade, kad, kod, ultimately of unknown origin.

noun/keɪd/
  1. An animal brought up or nourished by hand.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English cade, kad, kod, ultimately of unknown origin.

verb/keɪd/
  1. To make a pet of; to coddle, pamper, or spoil.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English cade, kad, kod, ultimately of unknown origin.

noun/keɪd/
  1. Juniperus oxycedrus (western prickly juniper), whose wood yields a tar.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French cade, from Old Occitan cade, from Latin catanum.

noun/keɪd/
  1. A cask or barrel.

    archaic
    A cade of herrings was a vessel containing 500 herrings, while a cade of sprats contained 1,000.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French cade (“barrel”), from Latin cadus (“bottle, jar”).

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